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When response comes too late
Mahmoud Ahmad   The Saudi Civil Defense has come under heavy fire following the accident of Lama Al-Rooqi, the five years old girl from Tabuk who fell inside a man made well. Both the media and people criticized it for its poor ...
Do we deserve public facilities?
Mahmoud Ahmad   Sometimes I ask myself this question, do we really deserve public facilities and gardens? And the answer staring back at me is repeatedly the same — unfortunately no. People shout out to officials and municipalities that there are not enough ...
Helpless children and sexual predators
Mahmoud Ahmad   The clip of a sick sexual predator molesting a young girl in front of the elevator was seen by a large number of people as the video went viral. The sexual predator was caught in film by a camera ...
Saudia passengers need to improve
Mahmoud Ahmad   Saudi Arabian Airlines has been subjected to criticism for a long time. The airline has been accused of many things, including inefficiency, recklessness, not sticking to schedule, poor services on the plane, rude treatment at ground service level ...
No job should be below any unemployed Saudi
Mahmoud Ahmad   After a large number of illegal expatriates left the country because they failed to rectify their status, there were many job opportunities available in the job market for both young Saudis and legal expatriates. Unemployed youths can no ...
Holding a passport 'hostage'
Mahmoud Ahmad   The practice of sponsors holding the passports of their employees in lieu of their work permits is not only illegal, but also downright inhumane. Their countries give them passports as a form of identity and the only recognized ...
The ethics of productivity at work
Mahmoud Ahmad   A recent study on government employees revealed 69 percent of workers in government sector were absent from work without a valid excuse. It also revealed that 59 percent of workers leave work before time and 68 percent of workers ...
Expatriates deserve more appreciation
Mahmoud Ahmad A friend of mine forwarded me an article written by a Saudi writer urging Saudi officials not to grant any foreigners citizenship. The author provided several excuses supporting his argument on why foreigners should not be granted citizenship. For example, ...
Rectifying status, what next?
  Mahmoud Ahmad   The deadline for rectifying status without paying fines or facing penal actions is over and people all over the Kingdom and those following Saudi affairs are watching closely how the government will react after the amnesty period given to ...
Bring back my sidewalk
Mahmoud Ahmad One of the important elements of a city is sidewalks. Sidewalks mean the city is modern. Sidewalks mean people are generally healthy and safe. This, however, is not the case in the city of Jeddah where there are sidewalks — ...
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